County Commissioner Briefs

(Dec. 15, 2022) The Worcester County Commissioners discussed the following during their Dec. 6 meeting: Police protection The commissioners approved the FY2023 state aid for police protection fund app...

Progress looks stalled in OP vs. Janasek case

Two sides remain far apart on settlement amount as possible Jan. court looms By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (Dec. 15, 2022) Negotiation over the settlement between Tom Janasek and the Ocean Pines Associ...

Racquet Center looking for new manager to guide club

By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (Dec. 15, 2022) The Ocean Pines Racquet Sports Committee is looking forward to the possibility of  hiring a manager to take over the Racquet Center on Manklin Creek Road....

Library hiring two for bookmobile project

By Jack Chavez, Staff Writer (Dec. 15, 2022) The return of a library bookmobile appears imminent after the Worcester County Commissioners approved a mobile services coordinator and assistant for the p...

Snow Hill Council Considers Riverboat’s Future

SNOW HILL – Municipal officials say the time has come to make a decision regarding the future of Snow Hill’s riverboat.On Tuesday, the town invited the public to comment on the Black-Eyed...

Berlin Storefront Construction Set For January

BERLIN – Construction on the Main Street storefronts that are currently boarded up is expected to begin next month.Samantha Pielstick, property manager for Jack Burbage, said this week that wor...

Council, Planners Debate Gov’t. Overreach, Conditional Use Approvals

OCEAN CITY – Just how much government input is too much for conditions of approval on a new business or development was the subject of a lively debate this week.On Tuesday, the Mayor and Counci...

Gazette Cartoon

Cartoon by Jim Adcock The post Gazette Cartoon appeared first on Berlin, Ocean Pines News Worcester County Bayside Gazette.

Rough waters ahead for Black Eyed Susan

Hope floats. The Black Eyed Susan doesn’t. At least not as a passenger vessel. That’s how it’s been since the Town of Snow Hill bought the 111-foot paddlewheeler in 2021 for roughly $350,000 wit...

Reminiscing about BLTs while growing up 

By Paul Suplee, MBA, CEC, PC-3 Sometimes it pays to keep it simple. As I had written a few weeks ago about Anton Ego’s ratatouille and my own childhood reminiscence with Chef Kern’s souse (remind...